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Regency Culture and Society: Debates for the Ladies

By Anne | October 6, 2017 - 12:58 pm |October 17, 2017 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Men, Regency Pastimes

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I discovered this treasure in the October 1808 issue of Lady’s Monthly Museum and thought I would share. I particularly love the hypothetical husband nicknames.

Regency Reader Questions: Dining in Hotels

By Anne | May 26, 2017 - 8:19 am |June 23, 2017 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Hot Spots, Regency Reader Questions

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Regency Reader Question I’ve just finished & enjoyed Rose Lerner’s well-researched “True Pretenses” set in a country town in 1808. In it, the hero invited Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Glove Etiquette Part Two

By Anne | April 28, 2017 - 8:44 am |May 19, 2017 Regency Fashion, Regency Men, Regency Reader Questions

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This is part two on my series to answer a lot of amazing questions from a reader about gloves and glove etiquette. Here is a link Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Pictorial Cards

By Anne | March 16, 2017 - 10:24 am |March 28, 2017 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Pastimes

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Appearing in the March 1818 issue of Ackermann’s Repository, this plate of pictorial cards shows the thoughtful symbolism that could be employed in a deck Continue →